Musings on the new Internet
Posted in Beyond Web 2.0, Citizen journalism, New media, Social networking on Nov 17th, 2007
Web 2.0 and social media are having a big impact not only in the way people interact with each other but, perhaps even to a greater extent, in transforming the ways in which big media companies and advertisers will do business in the future.
The impact is real and I think we are only seeing the […]
Posted in Citizen journalism on Oct 22nd, 2007
Posted in Beyond Web 2.0, Citizen journalism, New media, Social networking on Oct 22nd, 2007
Posted in Wired, Twitters Nate Ritter and Viss are closely following the events surrounding the California fires and posting updates of evacuations, things that are needed, and other important information.
Nate and Viss are using the hashtag #sandiegofire. Twitter users can enter “track sandiegofire” in SMS or IM and receive notifications whenever a tweet goes […]
Posted in Citizen journalism, Media, New media on Oct 8th, 2007
The citizen journalism startup Newsvine has been acquired by MSNBC for an undisclosed sum.
According to Newsvine CEO Mike Davidson the citizen journalism site will continue operating independently, just as it has been since launching in March of 2006.
Newsvine gets about 1.2 million unique visitors, 80,000 comments and 250,000 votes per month.
In explaining why Newsvine […]
Posted in Citizen journalism on Sep 28th, 2007
The president of Ecuador Rafael Correa became the first Latin American president to open an official blog to communicate directly with the citizens of that country.
The blog is named “The Citizen President Rafael Correa” and it features a video by Correa where he defines Web 2.0 as a key element in his political strategy.
Correa also […]
Posted in Citizen journalism, New media on Sep 27th, 2007
The Burmese protests have been highlighted by blogs and for the first time in the history of popular uprisings in web videos posted in You Tube.
The protests led by Buddhist monks are being disseminated worldwide by Web Video.
Myanmar Protests Part 1
Myanmar Protests Part 2
The strong impact of the use of this new media in disseminating […]
Posted in Citizen journalism on Sep 25th, 2007
Thanks to a new database of earmarks attached to spending bills it is now easy to find out what earmarks have been attached to a bill and who sponsored the earmark. The database is accessible at EarmarkWatch.org and anyone can perform searches on various earmarks in Defense and Labor appropriation bills before the U.S. House […]
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Musings on the new Internet